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Two different exams and two different career paths:
Certified Public Accountants provide services to the public (originally certified to perform independent audits iaw 1933 Securities laws)
Certified Internal Auditors work for corporate boards.
Unfortunately, most people think anyone with an accounting degree is a CPA.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: CB Casper [mailto:knowone -at- surfy -dot- net]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 02:25 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Job market and potential age discrimination?
When taking the CPA exam, there is a different
exam for a "public" CPA as normally thought of,
than for a CPA that is licensed for work
internal to a company only.
The internal license does not allow for work
with the general public as would be the case
when we go to a CPA for our tax docs. It deals
with accounting practices specific for
intra-company activites.
In this case, many years had passed, tax laws
had changed a lot, and we moved to another
state. There is a different test for each
state as well. The CPA exam is a 3 day ordeal,
not something to be 'taken' lightly, along
with the hefty fees involved.
CB
----- Original Message -----
> John posed an excellent and naive question:
>
> >is changing career paths from accounting &
> auditing (internal CPA) to programming.
>
> If CPA is Certified Public Accountant,
> how can someone be an "internal"
> public accountant?
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